Model Set 3

Section A
[15 marks]

1.

According to this notice, people should

A. keep this floor wet
B. not walk on this floor
C. walk carefully on this floor
D. move quickly on this floor

2.

What is the main message of the above news report?

A. a warning about buying stolen goods
B. a security guard was attacked by nine men
C. RM256, 000 was stolen from a warehouse
D. shop operators must not buy rice from nine men

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3.

The home remedies above are Tried and Tested because

A. home remedies have been scientifically tested
B. these remedies have actually worked
C. many people have tried them at home
D. these remedies contain high cholesterol

4.

What can you conclude from the bar chart?

A. Students prefer comedy to movies
B. Students prefer watching drama to entertainment programme
C. Students spend the most amount of time on musical programme
D. Students watch more dramas than documentary programme

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5.

Which year did most road accidents take place?

A. 1991
B. 1992

6.

C. 1994
D. 1995

According to the notice, when will the Green Race start?

A. At 1 p.m. on Sunday
B. At 5 p.m. on Saturday
C. At 2 p.m. on Sunday
D. At 4 p.m. on Saturday

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7.

Which of the following statement is TRUE?

A. Customers can still come for the sale after 30 October
B. the first ten customers will receive a 70% discount
C. The sale will continue even on Sunday
D. Discounts range from 40% to 50%

8.

In the cartoon strip above, the phrase things come so naturally means
A. computers are natural products
B. some things are done very easily
C. things that can be done in nature
D. its natural for computers to have problems

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Questions 9 15 are based on the following passage.
Bamboo and paper (9) used in the making of kites. Sometimes, cloth is used
instead of the (10). The bamboo is split and (11) in mud to prevent it
from (12) attacked by weevils and to make it flexible. Then, it is (13) in
the sun before being framed, decorated and painted.
Kelantan and Terengganu are (14) for this beautiful handicraft and kites
can be found (15) the country at varying prices.

9.

A is
B are
C was
D were

13.

A
B
C
D

dried
baked
cooked
sunned

10.

A
B
C
D

later
latter
letter
litter

14.

A
B
C
D

noted
noticed
noticeable
noticing

11.

A soak
B soaks
C soaked
D soaking

15.

A
B
C
D

over
throughout
inside
by

12.

A
B
C
D

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be
been
being
bean

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Section B
[10 marks]
Questions 16 25
Read the advertisement below and answer the questions that follow.

The Italian Impression

Features authentic Italian food and fine
dining concept. A cozy and romantic
dcor to suit that special occassion

Village Lemongrass
Rich Nyonya food served at this
beautifully
restored
old
Nyonya
mansion. Enjoy your meal surrounded
by the old world charm.

The Orientals

The Sun Rise

Taiwans delicacies and light meals

served in this spacious restaurant.
Offers an array of delectable menus
originating from 30 provinces in China.
Suitable for wedding banquet and
family gathering.

A
very
impressive
Japanese
restaurant offering a wide variety of
sushis at reasonable prices. Patrons
will also be entertained by live
Japanese traditional performances in
the evening.

Sweet Dessert House

A wonderful place to satisfy all dessert
lovers. Choose from a wide selection
of cakes to traditional kuih to suit your
hearts desire.

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C-Food Delight
Enjoy a family meal at affordable
prices. A great place to savour
seafood fresh the restaurants own
pond. Prices start from as low as
RM5!!.

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Questions 16 - 20
Using the information on each restaurant, match the individuals with a suitable
outlet

Situation

Name of Restaurants

16. Maria loves to eat chocolate cake.

17. En. Jasni wants to take his family out for dinner.
18. Alex plans to propose in a romantic restaurant.

19. Mr.Siva wants to impress his Japanese business

clients

20. Madam Loo is looking for a perfect place to have her

daughters wedding dinner.

Questions 21 - 25
Using the information on each restaurant, complete the sentences with short
answers.
21. Which restaurant is suitable for couple to celebrate their anniversary?
Couples who want to celebrate their wedding anniversaries would likely
________________________________________________________________
(1 mark)

22. Asman, who is a student, has his lunch at C-Food Delight mainly because
________________________________________________________________
(1mark)

23. To enjoy Nyonya delicacies, Farah goes to

________________________________________________________________
(1 mark)
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24. Madam Loo has chosen The Orientals for her daughters wedding dinner
because _________________________________________________________
(1 mark)

25. The entertainment at The Sun Rise will only

commence_______________________________________________________
(1 mark)

Section C
[25 marks]

Questions 26-31 are based on the following passage.

1

In 2009, The China Giant Panda Protection and Research Center signed an agreement
for a three-year panda conservation plan with automobile giant Mercedes-Benz China.
The company pledged to help improve the living conditions of baby pandas through its
Green Legacy programme, a specialized fund for nature conservation it had launched in
2007. Xing Hui is the first baby panda resident of the nursery this year. The panda 5
nursery is located next to the Panda Kindergarten, both of which belong to the
Mercedes-Benz Giant Panda Theme Park. This panda will spend half of its first six
months in a nursery, after which it will begin schooling at the kindergarten with other
baby pandas of the same age group.

Human caregivers look after the pandas from the time they are born through 10
adolescence. Interestingly, there are more male than female caregivers here, with four
daddies and two mummies divvying up the responsibilities up the responsibilities of
taking care of the young pandas through their mealtimes, playtime even during the
toilet breaks.

At about seven a.m., Xing Hui takes his first sip of milk, much to Li Guos relief. He is 15
the chief of the nursery. The first feeding is typically the toughest. While baby pandas are
equipped with the natural ability to locate and feed from their mothers nipples, things are
not as simple with foster feeding. First, the caregiver has to carefully wrap the baby
pandas little body with the cotton gauze patch folded thrice over with one hand, so that
its tiny head exposed. Using the other hand, the nanny has told a 50-millilitre cylindrical 20
milk bottle and either gently touch the baby pandas mouth with the bottle teat, or
squeeze the bottle to smear some milk on its lips. Hopefully, the milky flavor will arouse
its sense of smell, enticing its tiny mouth to open.

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The baby panda has no idea what you are doing, does it know what a bottle teat is. It
wont open its mouth instinctively. In this case, it is important that the hand holding the
baby panda stimulates a mothers embrace, so that it feels comfortable and safe. If it
gets too nervous or frightened, it wont feed, Li Guo recalls.

25

Li Guo is a senior daddy in the nursery. There are times when he has to take care of
six baby pandas all by himself every night. Often, when one is feeding, another will
become restless. Super-Daddy Li will then have to multitask, hugging one while petting 30
the other. By the time he is done feeding all six babies, it will often already be dawn.

Thankfully, Xing Hui is a good baby, saving his caregivers a lot of trouble. Where it
comes to the more fussy ones, however, feeding can be challenging enough to drive
anyone mad. There have been times when Li Guo has had to try feeding a newborn baby
panda over and over again. If A single gramme of milk gets cold, he has to warm it up
repeatedly, and the babys tiny mouth moistened with a small cotton ball dipped in
purified water every so often. It could be a whole night of pottering about before the baby
panda would finally feed for the first time.

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The key to breeding pandas is to be careful, patience and loving, says caregiver
Zhang Ya-hui, a Shaanxi native who transferred here two years ago. Prior to coming to 40
the conservation center, he had done jobs such as field monitoring, habitat surveying,
and wilderness training as part of the Scientific Research Department. From the roughand tumble nature of fieldwork to the gentleness and meticulousness necessitated by
nannying the pandas, Zhang recalls how drastic and difficult the transformation had
been: he was particularly trembling the first time he held a tiny baby panda, which 45
weighted only as much as two eggs in his hands.

These young caregivers are not only protecting the baby pandas, but are also
protecting their own dreams. Despite the tribulations that are part and parcel of their work
at the center, they continue to stand proudly by what they do: playing their part in
ensuring the continued survival of the giant panda.

(Adapted from Readers Digest, July 2009)

26. From paragraph 1, where would the panda be after spending six months in a
nursery?
______________________________________________________________
(1 mark)

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27. From paragraph 2,
a) Which phrase has the same meaning with the word dividing?
___________________________________________________________
(1 mark)
b) What is the role of the nannies?
___________________________________________________________
(1 mark)

28. From paragraph 3,

a) What needs to be done first to start feeding the baby pandas?
___________________________________________________________
(1 mark)
b) Why do you think the caregiver has to put some milk on the pandas lips?
___________________________________________________________
(1 mark)
29. From paragraph 4,
a) What does the caregiver have to do to make the baby pandas feel
secure and comfortable when feeding them?
___________________________________________________________
(1 mark)

b) What are the two things that can cause a baby panda to refuse to
feeding?

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i.

_____________________________________________________
(1 mark)

ii.

_____________________________________________________
(1 mark)

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30. Would you like to be involved in protecting the pandas? In your own words,
give a reason for your answer.

________________________________________________________________
(2 marks)

31. Based on the passage given, write a summary of

how to feed the baby pandas

the challenges the caregivers have to face

Credit will be given for use of own words but care must be taken not to change
the original meaning.
Your summary must:

be in continuous writing (not note form)

use materials from lines 18 to 39
not be longer than 130 words, including the 10 words given below

Begin your summary as follows:

Feeding baby pandas is not easy especially with foster feeding
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Section D
[20 marks]
32 Read the following stanzas of In The Midst of Hardship and answer the
questions that follow.

In the Midst of Hardship

At dawn they returned home
their soaky clothes torn
and approached the stove
their limbs marked by scratches
their legs full of wounds
but on their brows
there was not a sign of despair
The whole day and night just passed
they had to brave the horrendous flood
in the water all the time
between bloated carcasses
and tiny chips of tree barks
desperately looking for their sons
albino buffalo that was never found
They were born amidst hardship
and grew up without a sigh or a complaint
now they are in the kitchen, making
jokes while rolling their cigarette leaves
Latiff Mohidin

a) What does the word horrendous suggest about the flood?

___________________________________________________________
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b) Name two things that can be found in the flood water?
i.

_____________________________________________________
(1 mark)

ii.

_____________________________________________________
(1 mark)

c) In your opinion, what kind of life did these people lead? Give one proof for
your answer.

___________________________________________________________
(2 marks)

33

The following are the novels studied in the literature component in English
Language.

The Curse

Step By Wicked Step Catch Us If You Can

Lee Su Ann
Anne Fine
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Catherine MacPhail

Choose any one of the novels above and answer the question below.

Describe a decision made by any one character in the novel

Do you think the decision was a wise one?

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FOR SECTION A
Blacken only one space for each question. If you wish to change your answer, erase the
blackened mark that you have made. Then blacken the space for the new answer.
EXAMPLE:
A

10

11

12

13

14

15

For examiners use:

Examiners Code:

Section

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Marks

15

10

25

25

Total

75

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